Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hp3 Real GmbH is managing 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is JONES, JAMES WILLIAM, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions means that each active case is being reviewed by a different individual.
The concentration within 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technical subject matter remains within a single specialized group. For a company in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector, this structure shows a focused technical scope despite the involvement of multiple examiners. The busiest examiner, JONES, JAMES WILLIAM, handles 1 of the pending actions, while the total pending office actions for the company is 2. This distribution requires the company to navigate different examiner styles while adhering to the technical standards of a single art unit. This approach provides some diversity in examiner perspective while maintaining a consistent art unit environment.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | 1 | 73.0% | +20.8% |
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18289879 | TAMPING MACHINE FOR COMPACTING THE BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700858 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING CROSSTIES OF A TRACK | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — |
| 18289879 | TAMPING MACHINE FOR COMPACTING THE BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18700858 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING CROSSTIES OF A TRACK | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18289879 | TAMPING MACHINE FOR COMPACTING THE BALLAST BED OF A TRACK | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
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